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SVAMITVA SCHEME: PM TO DISTRIBUTE
PROPERTY CARDS FOR RURAL
LANDOWNERS

 Prime Minister Narendra

Modi is all set to launch the
physical distribution of prop-
erty cards under the
‘SVAMITVA’ (ownership)
scheme on October 11, 2020.
This will be a historic move to
transform the rural India.
 The move will provide villag-
ers a way to use property as
a financial asset.
 The villagers could use their property for taking loans and other financial ben-
efits.

Beneficiaries
 This launch will enable one lakh property holders to download their property
cards using SMS link. SMS link would be sent on their mobile phones.
 Then, they would be given physical property cards by the respective state gov-
ernments.
 These beneficiaries comes from 763 villages across six states. Out of these, 346
comes from Uttar Pradesh, 221 from Haryana, 100 from Maharashtra, 44 from
Madhya Pradesh, 50 from Uttarakhand and 2 from Karnataka.

Maharashtra’s system
 The beneficiaries from all states will receive the physical copies of their property
cards within a day except for Maharashtra.
 In Maharashtra there is a system of recovering a nominal cost of property cards.
So it will provide property card within a month after applying for it.

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SVAMITVA scheme
 The scheme was launched by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
 It was launched on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day on April 24
2020.
 The scheme is aimed at providing the ‘record of rights’ to the village household
owners in rural areas and issue property cards.
 The scheme is being implemented across the country for a period of four years
that is from 2020-2024 in a phased manner.
 It targets to cover 6.62 lakh villages.

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